Validity of New Feature Phone MarketNews & Analysis 2/27/2014 23 commentsWhat once looked like a sky-is-a-limit smartphone market is grounded. If the Mobile World Congress has given us any clue, low-cost mobile handsets are back in the spotlight.

Sonics' New IP for Low-Power SoCs PatentedNews & Analysis 2/18/2014 3 commentsSonics revealed the issuance of patent 8,601,288 "Intelligent Power Controller" from the US Patent Office. The hardware-based power-management IP lets SoC designers partition power domains and turn them on and off without software intervention.

Stretchable wiring uses liquid metalNews & Analysis 2/1/2014 4 commentsStretchable wiring that could be developed for use in a range of applications from headphones to phone chargers has been developed by researchers from North Carolina State University.